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=Exordium=

(Attention grabber)
=Proposito=

(Thesis or arguable assertion)
=Cell phones should be banned from the classroom at East High School.=

=Partitio=

=Narratio=

(Background Information; key terms defined)
=//Exordium, Proposito, Partitio, and Narratio, by Emily and Steve//= Why do teenage girls carry such big purses? They need a place to conceal their cell phone usage. Why does the young man in the back of the room have his book propped up on his desk? He’s not reading but texting. At East High, cell phone misuse in class is an escalating problem that leaves students open to theft, distracts students from learning, and creates an opportunity for them to cheat. Cell phone usage should continue to be banned in the classroom. The inclination for students to show off their new technology to their friends and classmates leaves them open to theft. This very act of showing off new toys creates distraction in the classroom. Perhaps the most significant educational problem is cheating. Students can take pictures of tests and text answers to questions directly to their friends.

=Confirmatio=

(Body- Illustrate, Amplify, Explain)
Allowing the use of cell phones in the classroom allows the cleptos of the school ample opportunities to acquire new electronics, and it waists a great deal of time. To the disappointment of many students, teachers are not their keepers. Teachers are not responsible for misplaced items that are left in their classrooms. They also do not have time to keep inventory of who has what and when. Security guards, teachers and administrators do not have time to search lockers, backpacks and students to find missing phones. Also, the school day is so tight that students cannot miss class searching for missing items or spend too much time in the counselor’s office crying over missing items and what daddy’s going to do when he finds out. After items are stolen students spend much time replacing their phones. They must cancel their numbers, with possible contract fees. They must also spend time reporting the incident so they can claim theft to the phone provider, allowing the student a cheaper replacement fee. Students will also accuse others of stealing their precious phone, causing more chaos. Verbal and physical fights can ensue, which of course involves the administration wasting more valuable time. The time wasted and the problems that result from theft, makes phones an unwelcome and troublesome device in the classroom.

=Reprehensio=

=Digressio=

(Story or Narration)
8 out of 10 high school students carry their own personal cell phone. Recently, at East High School an issue occurred when a male student took a photo on his cell phone while in the process of performing a sexual act and sending it to female students. This particular incident involved several students and hence created a major disruption to the educational setting at the high school. This was dealt with as a sexual harassment issue and the student was therefore removed from the school but the personal scars remain in the female viewers minds.

=Peroratio=

(Conclusion- Re-urge thesis, summarize main points, have enthusiasm)
The misuse of cell phones has caused havoc among classrooms across East High School which has therefore interfered with the quality of the educational environment. The theft, disruption in the classroom and the cheating has developed an abusive use of the electronic devices called the cell phone.